Daily Republican., 1887-08-23
STATE TEACHERS ASSUCIATION'


Tho Meeting 1T the Delaware summer
Resort-PIeasure and intellectual En-.
joyment Join Hands.
The State Teachers Association Of
Delaware are now holding their ninth
annual session &C Rehoboth, by the sea.
shore. Only some three or four lady
teachers had reached Kehoboth en- Sat.
urday evening, and they immedis lately
went to the Bright House where they
are to be quartered during the week ct
reduced rates CT board. Yesterday
quite u large number more arrived on
the IL % p. m. train, and the train that
came In at 1923 p. m. brought the large
majority of th0ss who will be in A..
tendsnce during the session. The
Bright House will be pretty well filed
up with the States educators during
the week.
1t is q very large, airy structure, its
parlore are we'll furnished, aud the
manager, Walter Burton, with his large
experience in hotel life with his effi-
cient corps OF subordinates will leave
nothing undone to insure the comfort
OF his guests during their stay. The
ocean, with the best serf on the coast,
is few yards in front of the hotel and
the chapel where tho meetings of the
association are to be held is but q cou.
pie Of blocks away so that between the
pleasure OF ocean bathing and attend
ing to the duties OF their vocation the
States educators have duty aEd pleas
ure combined.
The preliminary, OF rather introduc.
Tory proceedings, were to take place last
night with 70 os.c and prayer, the latter
By either Rtv. j. 8. Willis or Rev. DR..
WI. Stephenson, who ore both on the
ground. The association wss then to
be favored by select reading by James
II. Ward, Superintendent of Pablo
Schools of Sussex County, and who by
the way Was q professional elocutioniet
before his appointment as superiptsnd-
ent. Following the reading was to come
President Gooding's address of wei.
come and congratulation. Mr.. G0Oding
ia President OF the Wilmington Con-
ferencs Academy at Dover. The days
are divided into three sessions eact,
commencing At 9 q M, 8 q. m. and s
p. m. Professor Bsssey, Superintendent {
of Public Schools OF New Castle Coun-
ty, was amongst the arrivals last night.
The election OF fiji GERS Of the asso,ia
tion was set down for the first thing to.
day, followed by the reading of paper
by Lyman P. Powell, OF Dover, on the
High Education OF Women" and q
discussion of the same by G. 3. Con we'll,
Professor w. A. Reynolds, of Whining.
ton, and FL. Clay Jones. The report OF
the executive committee was to occupy
q portion of the tins of the afternoon
session, followed by paper by ex-As.
sisiaut Superintendent a. G. Carpenter,
OF Dover, and discussion OF the same
by l.. Irving Handy, superintendent of
pnblic schools of Kent county, G. W.
Lake, Or. A. N. Raub, and others. The
evening was to be devoted to lecture,
entitled "Crowns Of Gold by Charles
q. Treat, Esq., of Georgetown. Mr..
Treat Is q New England man, but for
the last ten or twelve years has been q
resident of Georgetown, where he has
infused new life into an ole fashioned
plodding borough by inaugurating and
carrying on important manufacturing
interests.
He and his daughter Lillian have
been guests Of the Hotel Henlopen dur.
Ing the meetings of the Peninsula Press
Association, ard was booked for
speech before 1t, had the editors re-
NAMED longer. He is fully capable of
speaking upon the sub bject which he has
chosen. The following is the program
for the balance CT the week:
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST "a.
a. N -Paper-"5chcol Laws OF
Delaware" Eugene Manning, OF Balu.
more; D;scusslon-C. @. Tiodal, L.
Irving L andy, DR.. A. N. Raub.
800 p m.-Paper-"What course of
reading Is recommended for tsachers,
and how can we induce them to become
studsnts?" Herman Bsssey, Supt. for
New CASTLE County; DIscusoion-Dr. j.
ii. Caldwell, j. A. Collins, Cove 8.
Harrington.
500 p. Observation-Disclosures
In Life" james Pennswell, Esq, Do.
yer.
THURSDAY, AUGUST %.
ga. m.-Pspsr-"How to Study
Foreign Language" +. Eden Bach,
Wilmington; Paper-"The relation OF
the teacher to scientific. temperance in.
struction under the recent act" Mrs.
Kate X. Brown, Wyoming; Discussion
y. K. Carroll. Miss Georgie Arnold,
Charles B. Morris.
B 3p.m.-Paper-'The teachers tenure
Of office" DR.. j. II. Caldwell, Della,
ware Colleet; Discuss!on-H. q. Car.
penter, JAS. II. Ward, ID. B. Jones.
Sp m.-Lscture, James L. Wolcott
Esq, Dover.
FRIDAY, AUGUST &c.
a. m.-Psper-"Conditian Of Edu.
cation" ex State Superintendent Thos.
N. Williams. Report of Committee on
Neurology. Rspor5 of Committee on
Resolutions. Closing exercises. Ad.
iournment.
A Big Dog Causes Trouble.